Sipsey Street Irregulars: Praxis: MVT Shield

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Praxis: MVT Shield - Field Trials

What you can't see in the photos is the layer that will stop ALL thermal signature. Note: this is not the same as trying to use an emergency blanket. Those things state that they stop 80% of body heat - and in trials that is exactly right. They will stop 80% of body heat, so you won't see someones body shape beneath it, but you will see the 'thermal bloom' across the material - that's the 20% that gets you killed. This product stops 100% of thermal signature, there is no thermal bloom across the material. It is slightly thicker and bulkier than a standard tarp, but not in a way where it can't be rolled or stuffed into a pouch.

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Backwoods Engineer said...: I don't believe the blanket will be 100% effective in blocking all thermal emissions, as he says.

Unless he has a Type II Perpetual Motion Machine in there.

But it might work good enough.

BTW, this might be fodder for another "Praxis" post: upgrading a cheap $995 FLIR thermal camera from 80x40 to 320x240 resolution using nothing but a firmware hack you can do yourself. Details on my blog:

http://www.backwoodsengineer.com/2013/11/995-thermal-imaging-camera-upgraded-to.html; November 5, 2013 at 12:04 PM
Anonymous said...: My question is - If they FLIR over an area that is radiating 'x' and see a square that is radiating '< x' do they get suspicious?; November 5, 2013 at 2:01 PM
SWIFT said...: It is solutions like this; low cost, homegrown items, defeating gazillion dollar technology, that gives me hope. The old: "necessity is the mother of invention", holds true. Very well done! Congrats!; November 5, 2013 at 6:39 PM
Anonymous said...: The Kerodins will sue Max V in short order.; November 5, 2013 at 9:27 PM
Anonymous said...: Apparently nobody reads the description of what he and others are working on. NO there wont be a "square" that stands out because of the irregular pattern of camo screening material used to hide 'shape, shine, etc...' draped over the edges. YES it will be effective because PROPERLY used it will NOT touch the body or be worn by the user, and will have adjusted to surrounding temperature, therefor blending in. This is an IR countermeasure, not a Harry Potter cloak of invisibility. Please do some basic research on FLIR and how it is used, performance, limitations, weaknesses, etc. before revealing an unrealistic expectation of others to do your thinking for you. Yes this is a rant, a deserving one after having read the exhausting amount of ignorant comments relating to this topic. Go back and read Max's posts and his comments for clarification, take notes if it gets confusing, I did, and guess what? The light bulb damn near blinded me.; November 6, 2013 at 10:31 AM

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